Papers by Gintaras Kantvilas
Muelleria: An Australian Journal of Botany
Australian species in the Lecanora symmicta group (Lecanorales)." Muelleria:
Three lichenicolous species of Arthonia Ach. are reported from Kangaroo Island, South Australia. ... more Three lichenicolous species of Arthonia Ach. are reported from Kangaroo Island, South Australia. Two are described as new: Arthonia caliciae Kantvilas & Wedin grows on the thallus of the lignicolous species Calicium tricolor F.Wilson, whereas Arthonia insularis Kantvilas & Wedin grows on the saxicolous Caloplaca eos S.Y.Kondr. & Kärnefelt. A third species, the widespread A. intexta Almq., infects the apothecia of the saxicolous crustose lichen, Lecidella sublapicida (Knight) Hertel. A key to the eight lichenicolous species of Arthonia recorded for Australia is provided.
Muelleria: An Australian Journal of Botany
Seven intertidal species of Verrucaria Schrad. (lichenized Ascomycota, Verrucariaceae) are known ... more Seven intertidal species of Verrucaria Schrad. (lichenized Ascomycota, Verrucariaceae) are known from rocky seashores in Australia, where they are regularly subjected to wave or splash action: V.
Muelleria: An Australian Journal of Botany
The genus Angiactis was introduced by Aptroot et al. (2008) to accommodate three crustose species... more The genus Angiactis was introduced by Aptroot et al. (2008) to accommodate three crustose species of the lichen family Roccellaceae, recorded from southern Australia, Bermuda and the Galapagos Islands respectively. The type species, A. littoralis, was initially described by Kantvilas (2004) in the genus Lecanographa, but with considerable hesitation as that genus was perceived simply as the best fit at the time for what was clearly a novel and remarkable species. Angiactis is characterised by an ecorticate, crustose thallus containing gyrophoric acid, a thick, cretaceous medulla, a Trentepohlia photobiont, ascomata with a thick, prominent, thalline margin, a dark-pigmented or carbonised, cupular proper excipulum in which the dark pigments are KOH-, hemiamyloid, eight-spored asci approximating the grumulosatype (terminology after Egea & Torrente 1994), slender, branched and anastomosing paraphysoids, hyaline, transversely 3-7-septate ascospores with cylindrical locules and usually with a thin gelatinous sheath, and rod-shaped conidia. Lecanographa differs from Angiactis chiefly in that its ascomata lack a thalline margin (Kantvilas 2004; Aptroot et al. 2008) and that the dark ascomatal pigments react strongly olive in KOH. The new combination Angiactis banksiae (MulLArg.) Kantvilas & Stajsic is proposed. The ecology of this remarkable species, known from coastal southwestern Western Australia, Victoria, Flinders Island (Tasmania) and southern New South Wales, is discussed.
Muelleria: An Australian Journal of Botany
Muelleria: An Australian Journal of Botany
In continuing our review of Lecidea-like crustose lichens in temperate
Muelleria: An Australian Journal of Botany
Tasmanian lichen flora. Muelleria 7(4): 507-517 (1992).-A new lichen from Tasmania and South Aust... more Tasmanian lichen flora. Muelleria 7(4): 507-517 (1992).-A new lichen from Tasmania and South Australia, Neofuscelia subloxodeUa Elix & Kantvilas, is described. Twenty-three additional lichen taxa are reported from Tasmania for the first time, and notes on their distinguishing features, distribution and ecology are provided. The new combination, Parmelina pseudorelicina (Jatta) Kantvilas & Elix, is proposed.
Folia Cryptogamica Estonica
Eight lichenicolous species of Arthonia from Tasmania are treated. Two are described as new: A. a... more Eight lichenicolous species of Arthonia from Tasmania are treated. Two are described as new: A. aurantia Kantvilas & Motiej., which infects the thallus of a Leprocaulon-like lichen and is characterised by vivid orange, K+ magenta ascomata, 0.07−0.1(−0.15) mm wide, and 1-septate, macrocephalic ascospores, 10−12.5(−13.5) × 4−5.5 μm; and A. endocarpa Kantvilas & Motiej., which infects the apothecia of Amandinea neoconglomerata Elix, and has non-amyloid asci interspersed with those of the host, and is characterised by 1-septate, macrocephalic ascospores, 8.5−13 × 4.5−6 μm. Two other species, A. epiphyscia Nyl. and A. stictaria Nyl., are here recorded for Tasmania for the first time. Salient features of all species are compared.
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The Lichenologist, 2011
The new genus, Cameronia Kantvilas, is described and illustrated. It is characterized by a crusto... more The new genus, Cameronia Kantvilas, is described and illustrated. It is characterized by a crustose thallus, a chlorococcalean photobiont, deeply immersed perithecioid ascomata, four-spored asci with an intensely hemiamyloid outer wall and non-amyloid, well-developed tholus, and hyaline, muriform ascospores. The taxonomic position of the new genus is uncertain although a relationship with the Ostropomycetidae is likely. Two species, both endemic to the highlands of Tasmania, are described: C. pertusarioides Kantvilas, which is one of the most common lichens on dolerite in alpine Tasmania, and C. tecta Kantvilas, which is confined to metamorphosed sediments.
Muelleria: An Australian Journal of Botany
Pseudocyphellaria soredioglabra Kantvilas and Elix is described. The new species is endemic to Ta... more Pseudocyphellaria soredioglabra Kantvilas and Elix is described. The new species is endemic to Tasmania and differs from its nearest relative, P. glabra (Hook.f. & Taylor) Dodge, its marginally granular-sorediate lobes. A key to all 18 species of Pseudocyphellaria in Tasmania is provided. Kantvilas, G. and Elix, John A. 1999. "A new species of Pseudocyphellaria (lichenised fungi), with a key to the Tasmanian species." Muelleria: An
The Lichenologist, 1987
An identification key to 128 macrolichen species from Tasmanian rainforest is presented. Addition... more An identification key to 128 macrolichen species from Tasmanian rainforest is presented. Additional data on the flora are also included. Five new species, Menegazzia caesiopruinosa P. James, M. confusa P. James, M. inactiva P. James & Kantvilas, M. minuta P. James & Kantvilas and M. subbullata P. James & Kantvilas, are described, and the new combination Leioderma amphibolum (Knight) P. M. Jørgensen & D. Galloway is made.
The Lichenologist, 1985
96 macrolichens, including 12 new records, are reported for cool temperate rainforests in Tasmani... more 96 macrolichens, including 12 new records, are reported for cool temperate rainforests in Tasmania. These species belong mainly to the austral cool temperate element. A descriptive account of the lichen floras from five major rainforest communities is given. Field observations suggest that substrate and light are the most important ecological factors affecting the distribution of lichens in rainforest. Although most species are widespread in Tasmania, large-scale disturbance and the fragmentation of rainforest stands is seen as a threat to their survival.
The Lichenologist, 1993
Laurera robusta McCarthy & Kantvilas sp. nov. (Trypetheliaceae) is described from alpine heathlan... more Laurera robusta McCarthy & Kantvilas sp. nov. (Trypetheliaceae) is described from alpine heathland in Tasmania. Anthracothecium monosporum Müll. Arg. is synonymous with L. elatior (Stirton) D. Galloway, while L. megasperma var. tasmanica (Jatta) Zahlbr. is referable to Pyrenula.
The Lichenologist, 1993
Porina constrictospora sp. nov., P. decrescens sp. nov., P. hyperleptalea sp. nov. and P. sylvati... more Porina constrictospora sp. nov., P. decrescens sp. nov., P. hyperleptalea sp. nov. and P. sylvatica sp. nov. are described from western Tasmania. All appear to be especially common m cool-tempertate tamforest. A Key is provided to xhe six corticolous species of Porina known from Tasmania.
The Lichenologist, 1999
Pyrenocollema montamnn P. M. McCarthy & Kantvilas sp. nov. (Xanih... more Pyrenocollema montamnn P. M. McCarthy & Kantvilas sp. nov. (Xanihopyreniaceae) is described from moist and aquatic alpine rocks in south-western Tasmania.
The Lichenologist, 1997
Belonia Korb., a small genus of uncertain affinities in the Gyalectales, is characterized by a pa... more Belonia Korb., a small genus of uncertain affinities in the Gyalectales, is characterized by a pale crustose thallus, closed and largely hyaline apothecia, simple paraphyses, thin-walled asci and long, multiseptate to muriform ascospores. Recently, the six European species were reviewed by Navarro-Rosines & Llimona (1997), and two new taxa were discovered in New Zealand (Coppins & Malcolm 1997; Malcolm & Coppins 1997). Here, an additional species with uniquely hooked ascospores is described from eucalypt-dominated forests in Tasmania. Belonia uncinata P. M. McCarthy & Kantvilas sp. nov. Thallus epiphloeodicus, crustaceus, effusus vel determinatus, pallido vel medioviridis aut griseoviridis, 20-60 um crassus. Algae ad Trentepohliam pertinentes. Ascomata apothecia, clausa, plerumque globosa et superficialia, (0-17-)0-24(-0-35) mm diametro. Excipulum prosoplectenchymaticum, externe hyalinum vel plerumque fuscum aut fuscoatrum, interne hyalinum vel flavoviride. Paraphyses simplices. Asci 8-spori, 80-110 x 10-13 (im, apicibus non incrassatis. Ascosporae hyalinae, filiformes, (ll-)15(-21)-septatae, (50-)70(-90) x (2-5)-3-5(-4-5) urn, apicibus uncinatis.
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